In February, you’ll be able to see Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury with the naked eye, but you’ll need binoculars or a ...

Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

The New Year of 2026 began at the stroke of midnight today, and four minutes later the brightest star in the sky, Sirius in ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

In last week’s Skywatch, I described at least some of the celestial treasures waiting for you within the great constellation ...

Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace.

The Winter Hexagon asterism is visible high in the winter night sky between late December and early March. By the end of ...

Jupiter will cross the sky each night, 'hanging out' near Pollux and Castor, the brightest stars of the constellation Gemini.

In last week’s Starwatch, I described at least some of the celestial treasures waiting for you within the great constellation ...

As the New Year 2026 launches, only two bright planets, Saturn and Jupiter, are visible in the entire night sky.

As the new year dawns, the solar system's two largest planets put on fine shows in the evening sky. Saturn continues to ...